THE NDLEA RECOVERS N4.8 BILLION IN PHARMACEUTICALS FROM THE WAREHOUSE OF A WANTED MILLIONAIRE

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THE NDLEA RECOVERS N4.8 BILLION IN PHARMACEUTICALS FROM THE WAREHOUSE OF A WANTED MILLIONAIRE

By, Adedayo Fowowe

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency recovered N4.8 billion in opioids from a facility in Lagos State, intercepted $20 million in counterfeit notes in Abuja, and apprehended a wanted juvenile bandit in Sokoto State.
Femi Babafemi, the agency's Director of Media and Advocacy, announced this on Sunday.

Babafemi stated that the multi-billion naira illicit substances were recovered at a facility hidden among the famed Alaba International Trade Fair Complex in Lagos' Ojo neighborhood.

"Recovered from the warehouse owned by a wanted billionaire drug baron are 1.4 million tramadol 225mg pills weighing 826kgs; 3.2 million pills of codeine with a gross weight of 3,360kgs; and 2,841 cartons of codeine syrup containing 284,100 bottles with 28,410 litres of the psychoactive substance, with a combined street value of N4,820,500,000 only.

"NDLEA officers intercepted $20 million notes suspected of being counterfeit during a stop-and-search operation on Friday along Abaji-Lokoja Road in the Federal Capital Territory, according to Babafemi.

The alleged counterfeit notes were discovered on a bus traveling from Lagos to Abuja, and the driver, Onyebuchi Nlededin, 53, was arrested. The day before, on Thursday, August 17, Jude Ndubuisi, 52, was apprehended with 2.2 kg of methamphetamine during an operation in Abuja's Kabusa community.

On July 7, 2022, the suspect was seized with 20.75kg of cannabis and was on court bail pending his continuing prosecution when he was apprehended for yet another narcotics offence.